After Crimson Chillies Leisure defended itself within the defamation case filed by Indian Income Service (IRS) officer Sameer Wankhede in opposition to its net collection, The Ba***ds of Bollywood, the previous NCB official has hit again on the Shah Rukh Khan-owned manufacturing home. In a rejoinder filed earlier than the Delhi Excessive Court docket, Wankhede has referred to as the present ‘a calculated hit job’ geared toward maligning him, whereas additionally dismissing Crimson Chillies’ declare that the present is satire.
Sameer Wankhede’s defamation go well with
In his petition in opposition to the present, Sameer Wankhede had claimed {that a} character within the present was modelled after him and proven in a unfavourable gentle. Wankhede alleged that the character of a authorities officer depicted within the collection was intentionally modelled on him, citing hanging resemblances in look, speech, and using his trademark phrase “Satyamev Jayate.” He stated the scene amounted to a “premeditated, focused marketing campaign” meant to ridicule and destroy his popularity.
The present is directed by Aryan Khan and produced by Crimson Chillies, owned by Aryan’s father, Shah Rukh Khan. The corporate defended its present, saying The Ba***ds of Bollywood’ is a situational satire that doesn’t title or depict Wankhede and comprises no defamatory materials. Opposing the injunction, the manufacturing home described the defamation go well with as “wholly misconceived, untenable in legislation, and devoid of advantage.”
Wankhede phrases The Ba***ds of Bollywood ‘revenge’
Wankhede has now filed a rejoinder earlier than the courtroom, saying, “The collection will not be satire however a calculated hit job designed to settle private scores.” Aryan and Sameer Wankhede have a historical past. The filmmaker was arrested in a medicine case after a raid on a cruise ship by the NCB in 2021. Wankhede had led the case. Aryan spent three weeks in jail in the course of the investigation, however the prices have been later dropped.
In his rejoinder, Wankhede accuses Crimson Chillies of extracting revenge via the present, including “the defendants can’t cover behind the handy veil of satire or inventive expression to justify a malicious act.”
Calling Wankhede’s plea an try and stifle official inventive expression, the manufacturing home stated that eradicating the impugned scene would distort the narrative move of the collection, which has been streaming on Netflix since September 18, 2025.
On Thursday, the Delhi Excessive Court docket directed all events to file written submissions and listed the matter for additional listening to on November 10 earlier than Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav.
(With ANI inputs)